Teen boy decapitated by roller coaster?!
By pangeacat
@pangeacat (619)
United States
June 28, 2008 10:15pm CST
I just read a news story on foxnews.com that reported a 17 year old boy was decapitated by a roller coaster, after he scaled two fences, and passed numerous signs indicating the potential danger in that area of the theme park he was trying to sneak into. This took place at Six Flags over Georgia.
Do teenage boys honestly fancy themselves to be that invincible? What could he have possibly been thinking? I hate to speak ill of the dead. Even more so when the deceased in question was still technically a developing child. But, I can't help the level of shock and amazement I felt when I read about this.
It was a roller coaster for crying out loud! So, I know the kid had to have known he was getting too close. And, I just can't, for the life of me, wrap my mind around what could possibly have been so very important that he was willing to enter a dangerous area of a theme park, ignore multiple warnings, not pay attention to a roaring roler coaster... just to sneak into a park or avoid having to pay for a ticket?
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@twallace (2675)
• United States
29 Jun 08
I was listening to the news and heard about what happened to they young boy on the ride called the batman and that is nothing nice. That would mean the ride was going really fast for that to happen. That sad I hope that the family are doing ok after something like that. I know that they will make their fencing higher after something like that happening.
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@pangeacat (619)
• United States
29 Jun 08
My heart goes out to them as well. I wouldn't even know what to do if something freakish like that happened to a loved one. Heck, I don't even know how to feel now, when it's happened to a perfect stranger. I can't even imagine the shock and pain they're going through.
@vicneedscoffee (1259)
• United States
29 Jun 08
Teens do tend to feel invincible. They are also prone to not think things through. The worst part is he has probably done it before so felt comfortable doing it again. Maybe they figure it's ok because they associate the rides with fun rather than danger.
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@pangeacat (619)
• United States
29 Jun 08
That's a good point, associating the rides with fun as opposed to danger. I hadn't thought about it from that angle.
@pangeacat (619)
• United States
29 Jun 08
He was injured by getting too close to the roller coaster, apparently while trying to sneak into the park.
http://www.xomba.com/17_year_old_decapitated_by_roller_coaster
I don't have more then 500 posts, so I can't copy and paste the article link, and this "social bookmark" was a lot easier to write out by hand then the actual news article web address. But, let me know if it doesn't work, I may have copied something down wrong.
